Team

The Dance Connects Team brings together local authority partners, dance partners, and researchers and artists from either side of the Irish border.

Cavan County Council/ Cavan Arts is the lead Local Authority Partner, and the project is devised and led by Professor Aoife McGrath (Queen’s University Belfast) and Dr Victoria Durrer (University College Dublin).

Dance Partners

Ruth Clarke

Scottish Country Dance, NI

Fermanagh Country Scottish Dancers

Marian Crowe

Sean-nós, Set Dance, IRE

Independent

Jamie Fagan

Hip Hop, NI

Urban Motion

Jessie Keenan

Contemporary Dance, IRE

Independent

Tina McGurren

Jive, Line, Social Dance, NI

Modern Country Moves

Rebeca Sanchez

Flamenco Dance, IRE

Independent

Aysha Treanor

Hip Hop, IRE

Fusion Dance

Dylan Quinn

Contemporary Dance, NI

Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre

Research and Creative Team

Dr Victoria Durrer

Research Co-Lead

University College Dublin

Professor Aoife McGrath

Research Co-Lead

Queen’s University Belfast

Dr Argyro Tsampazi

Project Assistant

Queen’s University Belfast

Helena Hamilton

Digital Media Artist

Queen’s University Belfast

Simon Mills

Videogrpher and Filmmaker

Independent

Sorca McGrath

Composer

Independent

Local Authority Partners

Cavan County Council Arts Office and Creative Cavan

Lead Partner

Monaghan County Council Arts Office

Arts and Heritage, Fermanagh Omagh District Council

Funders

Creative Ireland

Creative Ireland is a five-year programme which connects people, creativity and wellbeing. It is an all of government culture and wellbeing programme that inspires and informs people, places and communities through creativity. Creative Ireland is committed to the vision that every person in Ireland should have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential.

Shared Ireland Initiative

Shared Island initiative is a whole of government priority to engage with all communities and political traditions to build consensus around a shared future on the island, underpinned by the Good Friday Agreement.

Further details on the Shared Island Initiative is available at www.gov.ie/sharedisland